Here’s what Dan Mullen said after Mississippi State's loss to Auburn
Auburn defeated Mississippi State, 38-14, on Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium. The Tigers jumped out to a 35-0 lead at halftime, which was too much for the Bulldogs to overcome.
Mississippi State was held to 186 passing and 103 rushing yards and went 6 of 16 on third down attempts. Auburn’s offense recorded 432 total yards including 204 passing and 228 rushing.
The Bulldogs had three turnovers including two fumbles lost and one interception thrown by quarterback Nick Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick also recorded 181 yards and two touchdowns on 17 of 34 passing.
Here’s what head coach Dan Mullen said after the loss during his press conference Saturday.
Mullen up: Says Auburn won the line of scrimmage. You can’t win football games when that happens.
— Joel Coleman (@JoelTColeman) October 8, 2016
Dan Mullen: "The whole game starts up front. They physically won the line of scrimmage."
— Bob Carskadon (@bobcarskadon) October 8, 2016
Mullen: Red Zone they're 5-5, we're 1-3. All the little things, you're not going to win in the SEC if you don't get those things fixed
— Chris Hudgison (@ChrisHudgison) October 8, 2016
Mullen offering a list of issues today. Penalties, red zone inefficiency, turnovers, missed field goal. "All the little things."
— Bob Carskadon (@bobcarskadon) October 8, 2016
Mullen: “I don’t expect us to make all the mistakes that we made”
— Joel Coleman (@JoelTColeman) October 8, 2016
Mullen says that with the youth of this team, they're more susceptible to negative swings of momentum. Little things hurt more sometimes.
— Bob Carskadon (@bobcarskadon) October 8, 2016
Mullen: I didn't expect us to make all the mistakes that we made. Told them at the half take pride in your performance in 2nd half.
— Chris Hudgison (@ChrisHudgison) October 8, 2016
Mullen: We're going to be OK. But it's a process.
— Michael Bonner (@MikeBBonner) October 8, 2016
Mullen said his halftime message was to tell his team to relax. Said State played with greater sense of urgency in second half.
— Joel Coleman (@JoelTColeman) October 8, 2016
Mullen: Fitz did OK. He's gotta do a better job of leading.
— Michael Bonner (@MikeBBonner) October 8, 2016
Any thought of Tiano or Dam in the first half: Nope.
— Michael Bonner (@MikeBBonner) October 8, 2016
Mullen: I think we have a good attitude out there, but we have to play with desperate sense of urgency.
— Michael Bonner (@MikeBBonner) October 8, 2016
Mullen: "We need to play with a desperate sense of urgency on every snap but that comes with maturity." He then mimicked "strain" for us.
— Robby Donoho (@RobbyDonoho) October 8, 2016
Mullen emphasizing his team has to learn to play with greater sense of urgency. Says that comes with more maturity.
— Joel Coleman (@JoelTColeman) October 8, 2016
Mullen: "We're gonna be okay in the end. We're a really young football team."
— Robby Donoho (@RobbyDonoho) October 8, 2016
Mullen: I think we have a good attitude out there, but we have to play with desperate sense of urgency.
— Michael Bonner (@MikeBBonner) October 8, 2016
Mullen: It’s understanding the amount of strain you need. As a young player you need to know what effort is.
— Michael Bonner (@MikeBBonner) October 8, 2016
Dan Mullen: We shoulda/coulda won this game. We dominated the second half. This is a team to be reckoned with down the stretch.
— Greg Mitchell (@gregmitchell74) October 8, 2016
Mullen said the penalty on Shumpert was him running on field post-fumble without a helmet on in celebration
— David H Murray (@DawgsBiteMag) October 8, 2016
Kivon Coman didn't play the second half, he was "banged up"
— Michael Bonner (@MikeBBonner) October 8, 2016
Mullen on Coleman: Yeah he just wasn't able to go.
— Michael Bonner (@MikeBBonner) October 8, 2016
